For starters. Yes. Eventually he's going to be Regent of the Imperium. [ With a whole hell of a lot of mess in the middle, but he's keeping this simple. ] And as Regent, his powerbase was tenuous. He had to keep together an empire on the verge of collapse and deliver it safely to young Emperor Gregor's hands.
[ A pause. Hesitating. ]
He had to uphold a rule despite his personal feelings - had to put two sons of a Vor lord to death. So the Vor lord attempted to assassinate him with soltoxin - caught my mother in the middle of it too. They were cured, but the cure causes severe teratogenic defects in unborn fetuses. Bone decalcification.
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For starters. Yes. Eventually he's going to be Regent of the Imperium. [ With a whole hell of a lot of mess in the middle, but he's keeping this simple. ] And as Regent, his powerbase was tenuous. He had to keep together an empire on the verge of collapse and deliver it safely to young Emperor Gregor's hands.
[ A pause. Hesitating. ]
He had to uphold a rule despite his personal feelings - had to put two sons of a Vor lord to death. So the Vor lord attempted to assassinate him with soltoxin - caught my mother in the middle of it too. They were cured, but the cure causes severe teratogenic defects in unborn fetuses. Bone decalcification.